Special Agent Ray Cunningham, St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police

Special Agent Ray Cunningham

St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police

End of Watch Friday, May 28, 1915

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Ray Cunningham

Special Agent Ray Cunningham was shot and killed as he and two other San Francisco Railroad detectives confronted four transients on a train near Beaumont Junction, Kansas.

When the transients refused to close one of the boxcar doors, Agent Cunningham attempted to close it. As he did so, one of the men produced a handgun and shot him in the neck.

The shooter jumped off of the train but the other three men remained in the boxcar until the train stopped in Augusta, Kansas, where the three were arrested. The shooter was arrested a short time later at the Keighley Depot by the Keighley city marshal and two railroad detectives. He was convicted of murder by a coroner's jury the following day.

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Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Location Kansas
Weapon Handgun
Offender Convicted of murder

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Agent Cunningham,
On today, the 110th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice as a Law Enforcement Officer.

BPA Mike Casey
United States Border Patrol(Retired)

May 28, 2025